going full tilt
This is one of those weeks. Anya has a cough keeping her up half the night, I have a lot of last minute piano work I probably should have said no to, we're leaving in just over a week for a wedding and then Christmas with Stuart's family (3 flights in 10 days), the basement looks like a herd of wild pigs stampeded through it, my teaching job has all of its end-of-semester demands, and I barely know what to make for dinner every night. No wonder I can't sleep and I've had a sore throat I can't shake since Thanksgiving.
I do have two FOs to show you, but not quite yet. Later this week, hopefully, I can tell you more about them, but I want to make sure they reach their destination first (don't want to ruin the surprise!)
Meantime, my knitting/sewing/making life is a little all over the place. I tried a little crochet, but my brain at its current stress level can't cope with learning a new skill, so after that first swatch and then a second attempt that just got narrower and narrower no matter what I tried, I set the crochet aside for the time being. I've done some sewing, a top for Anya she can wear to the afore-mentioned wedding, but it's not quite done yet. I have some things I want to make with felted sweaters, but right now those projects are no more than a huge pile of sweaters on the floor of my basement (wild pigs, remember?) and a vague collection of ideas in my head.
I do owe Anya a sweater, though. She made a wish list a few weeks ago, and one item on it was: "a red sweater that fits," presumably in reference to the recital sweater I made her last spring, which she has since grown out of. I mean, how can I refuse a request like that? We looked through some patterns and she chose this one: Rhymes With Shawl. Her choice surprised me a little, but I'm willing to go with it. Then we had to pick out some yarn (because I don't have anything in my stash that would work, seriously) so I went to the Quince and Co. website (because it's entirely possible I was looking for an excuse to shop there, ahem) and she picked out shades of red and orange for the stripes and a bright gold for the collar portion. Personally, I had something a little more sophisticated in mind, less box-of-crayons bright, but this child knows what she likes and doesn't like, and if she will wear it, I will knit it.
This afternoon, Anya was helping me wind the yarn into cakes, and I couldn't help but notice that her clothes were nearly exactly the same colors as the yarn she had chosen. You can't really see it in this phone snapshot because by 4:00 when I took the picture it was nearly dark, but I'm posting it anyway.
I have no idea what I'll post about next! A knitting FO, a sewing FO, a WIP, the craptacular mess in my basement? It could be anything! Until then, readers, stay well and happy holidays,
Suze
I do have two FOs to show you, but not quite yet. Later this week, hopefully, I can tell you more about them, but I want to make sure they reach their destination first (don't want to ruin the surprise!)
Meantime, my knitting/sewing/making life is a little all over the place. I tried a little crochet, but my brain at its current stress level can't cope with learning a new skill, so after that first swatch and then a second attempt that just got narrower and narrower no matter what I tried, I set the crochet aside for the time being. I've done some sewing, a top for Anya she can wear to the afore-mentioned wedding, but it's not quite done yet. I have some things I want to make with felted sweaters, but right now those projects are no more than a huge pile of sweaters on the floor of my basement (wild pigs, remember?) and a vague collection of ideas in my head.
I do owe Anya a sweater, though. She made a wish list a few weeks ago, and one item on it was: "a red sweater that fits," presumably in reference to the recital sweater I made her last spring, which she has since grown out of. I mean, how can I refuse a request like that? We looked through some patterns and she chose this one: Rhymes With Shawl. Her choice surprised me a little, but I'm willing to go with it. Then we had to pick out some yarn (because I don't have anything in my stash that would work, seriously) so I went to the Quince and Co. website (because it's entirely possible I was looking for an excuse to shop there, ahem) and she picked out shades of red and orange for the stripes and a bright gold for the collar portion. Personally, I had something a little more sophisticated in mind, less box-of-crayons bright, but this child knows what she likes and doesn't like, and if she will wear it, I will knit it.
This afternoon, Anya was helping me wind the yarn into cakes, and I couldn't help but notice that her clothes were nearly exactly the same colors as the yarn she had chosen. You can't really see it in this phone snapshot because by 4:00 when I took the picture it was nearly dark, but I'm posting it anyway.
I have no idea what I'll post about next! A knitting FO, a sewing FO, a WIP, the craptacular mess in my basement? It could be anything! Until then, readers, stay well and happy holidays,
Suze
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